Delayed echolalia in adults

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I whisper things under my breath when I'm remembering things that people said or thinking of what I should say in new situations. It's hard for me because it's a completely harmless thing I do to help myself function (Eg. practicing what to say for future situations) and to entertain myself. It helps me to keep track of what I'm thinking when my working memory fails me.
But, of course, movies portray people who talk to themselves as insane, and if I do this in public, people will think I'm weird, so I must not do it, or people think I'm insane.

I repeat certain phrases to myself all the time, I think these words serve some useful function, guiding me through life in a way.

I know lots of people who do this.

My echolalia used to be verbal but now its all in my head, phrases i have said or phrases said to me can repeat up to 20 times in my head. Everyone else i talked to about this doesnt experience this.

You weren't asking the right people. Happens to me all the time. The longest one "I'm 14!" lasted for decades. Not consistantly, obviously, but everyonce in a while, I would be walking along and "hear" the phrase, I'm 14! in my head. If I was alone, I would say it out loud. Muchos Weirdos. But harmless.

Pleased to meet a fellow echolalia person, have you ever found a way to control it? Because even when i think about my special interests it still repeats and it gets very very annoying, thats why i need music or a movie playing when i sleep or else phrases can repeat all night and it keeps me up.

I do this all the time.

I don't know why this of all instances comes to mind, but about two months ago I was in the kitchen talking to myself. I blurted out "Four score and seven years ago..." for no apparent reason right as by brother walked in, it was quite awkward for me but I'm willing to bet that he's used to stuff like that by now.

Also, when I was obsessing over Mario not too long ago I would often repeat things said by Mario including "It's a' me, Mario!" and the sound that Mario makes when falling into an endless void which is something like "WaaAaAaAaAaOooOoOoOoOwWWwWww!". There is also that time around when The Force Awakens came out where I would imitate the Emperor way too much. I mostly said "Goooooooood. Use your anger. STRIKE ME DOWN! Then your journey to the Dark Side will be complete!"

Most sane people sing in the shower, I often repeat random phrases instead. So yeah, I do this a lot.

I'm very echolalic. I just learned this term recently but I know I've done it all my life. I know it seems awkward to others so I try to suppress/limit it, or at least do it quietly, when others are around. Most of the stuff I repeat tends to be things from TV shows or movies (especially Star Trek).

I have on many occasions randomly yelled "merlons" in a Scottish accent. I'm not even Scottish. I think that was the way I first heard it said, so it's kinda ingrained. "Make way for the Queen's Guard!!" is another.

Its an over-activity in the brain. I feel like it has a little in common with Tourette's Syndrome. So, the big help with that is to not fight it so much. Just let it be. Don't call attention to it, but let it calm down on its own. It's not actually a sign that anything is wrong, although I've also done my fair share of wondering what is up, and if I'm trying to tell myself something -and if I can figure out what I mean by it, will the phrase go away?

I would use the same techniques anyone uses when you can't sleep because of thinking too much when you try to sleep. So Chamomile Tea, sleep herbs, meletonin, meditation practice during the day, doing math problems in my head or counting backwards from 100, listening to certain calming audio files, and deliberately directing my brain to think about another calming story while I try to sleep. Of course, I don't do these all at the same time. I do one at a time. But I've had a hard time sleeping my whole life, so I use them all in rotation.

I also repeat words and phrases over and over in my head all the time.

I think there should be another term for just thinking out loud. Mine is a mixture of echolalia and thinking out loud. Often I think something and repeat it several times because it's funny or fun to pronounce. Sometimes I also say something and then whisper it under my breath just to feel the words on my lips.

Also, when I was a kid, I remember trying to think of what my voice would sound like if I said something, I just couldn't remember my own voice, so the solution was to say it out loud.

I do this. It's always mostly been in my head: repeated phrases and constant imagined conversations. I can do pretty well in a lot of social situations I'm expecting because I've already rehearsed, automatically, what could happen and what I could say.

Is that echolalia? I´ve allways done what you just described. Sometimes, I repeat my own words from inner discussions aloud - a few times - maybe to state something.
I´ve understood, that echolalia is an expression of the urge to repeat sounds in themselves... like the urge to clap or flap.

I speak out loud in public sometimes - for example reading out signs or other pieces of writing, or saying a phrase that's on my mind. Something which is slightly more socially acceptable is singing, so I hum or quietly sing to myself on occasion when walking along the street